Cutting the Walking Stick

Its now time to cut the walking sticks to your desired length before fitting the ferrule. If the walking sticks are been talor made for someone you should involve them in the decision making. Hold the walking sticks and note the angle of the elbow, if it is bend it is to long if the elbow is straight the walking sticks are already to small. What you are aiming for is something that is faciliate the process of walking. A comfortable walking sticks is a extenision of your hand, and when you using it yopu shouldn't be aware that it is there. One which is to long will become tiring to use, whilst a walking sticks that is to small will fail to provide a neccessaery lift.

If the walking sticks are not meant for any one, a standard height is about 36 inch. While this may be to long for most people it is easy to cut them to size. What ever length you decide to cut the walking sticks at remember to cut them with a fine tooth saw and protect the bark of the walking sticks when in the vice. Then you can fit the ferrule and varish the waling sticks.

When you have mastered the technique of converting a round branch into a sqaure block the varity of walking sticks handle which can be fashionable is almost unlimited.


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